No. 751 in Chinese
告
"告" means "to tell," "to inform," or "to announce."
In a sentence
我去告老师今天的事情了。
I went to inform the teacher about today's events.
In this sentence, '告' is used in the sense of 'to tell' or 'to report information to someone.'
他因为不当行为被告上了法庭。
He was taken to court for misconduct.
Here, '告' means 'to accuse' or 'to bring to judicial accusation.'
张三向父母告了一个好消息。
Zhang San conveyed good news to his parents.
In this context, '告' is used to indicate 'to declare' or 'to make known an important announcement.'
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